Definition of Beggar-my-neighbor

1. Noun. A card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards.

Exact synonyms: Beggar-my-neighbour, Strip-jack-naked
Generic synonyms: Card Game, Cards

Definition of Beggar-my-neighbor

1. Noun. A card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beggar-my-neighbor

begems
beget
begets
begetter
begetters
begettest
begetteth
begetting
begg'd
beggable
beggar
beggar's-lice
beggar's-ticks
beggar's ticks
beggar-my-neighbor (current term)
beggar-my-neighbor policy
beggar-my-neighbor strategy
beggar-my-neighbors
beggar-my-neighbour
beggar-my-neighbour policy
beggar-my-neighbour strategy
beggar-thy-neighbor
beggar-ticks
beggar belief
beggar lice
beggardom
beggardoms
beggared
beggarhood

Literary usage of Beggar-my-neighbor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"... drawing straws, or beggar- my-neighbor, he will cheat you — cheat you for a hundred pounds or for a guinea, and murder you afterwards if you like. ..."

2. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"We will take refuge in cards, and play at " beggar my neighbor," not abuse my neighbor. We will go to the Zoological Gardens and talk freely about the ..."

3. The Powers that Prey by Josiah Flynt, Alfred Hodder (1900)
"wanted Edwin Parlby for president, the citizens of the municipality of - were universally occupied in a game of beggar-my-neighbor, which cannot have been ..."

4. Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon by Charles James Lever, Hablot Knight Browne (1892)
"... and refreshing,' says the ghost; 'and now, Mr. Free, what do you say to a little " spoilt five," or " beggar my neighbor '' ? ..."

5. The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1889)
"We will take refuge in cards, and play at " beggar my neighbor," not abuse my neighbor. We will go to the Zoological Gardens and talk freely about the ..."

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